Stormy Peters, director of developer engagement, Mozilla

Stormy Peters is a key figure at Mozilla, the company responsible for the Firefox browser and lots of other cool software projects.

She cut her teeth at HP, teaching them about open source. She also held the high-profile role running the GNOME Foundation. GNOME is a key project for the Linux operating system.

Peters is also an advisor for various big open source conferences, and is founder and president of the non-profit Kids on Computers, which builds computer labs for schools in underprivileged neighborhoods.